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H. HARRIS.

' METALLIC FASTENER.

No. 285,280. Patented 86188.18, 1888.

NvENl-QF" Gf 8W WTN'EE-EEE- M8888 UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE..v

HANRY HARRIS, OF SUISUN, CALIFORNIA.

METALLIC FASTENER. y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,260, dated September 18, 1883,.

Application filed April 2, 1883. (No model.)

y .To .aZ wiz/0m may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANRY HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, and-residing at Suisun, in the county of Solano and State of California, have invented a new and useful Metallic Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe object of my invention is'to provide means whereby textile fabrics, leather, and other flexible materials are securely fastened at the termination of seams and points where wear and great strain take place. I accom-l plish this object by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in 'which- Figure l is a perspective view'of my iinproved fastener. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 isa transverse section. .A

My invention consists of two thin strips or plates of metal, between which the fabric toV be held is placed, while pins extend upward through the outer plate and are bent over the inner holding-plate, which latter plate is of peculiar construction, and is provided with a tongue which shuts down over the pins and holds them in position.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Ais the outer plate, rectangular in form, and perforated with holes to receive the pins B. Five holes will be sufficient. C is the inner holding-plate, which is split centrally to provide a flexible tongue, D, which is not detached from the metal plate, but is capable of-being lifted up and bent backward and down upon itself or upon the fabric to be fastened. In opposite ends of the plate, and parallel with the tongue, rabbets or notches E E are made, which hold the pins when these are bent over the arms in which the notches are in ade, and prevent themfrom slipping away from the rabbets or arms.

In practice the pins are iirst inserted in the holes of the outer plate, A, projecting upward and then pressed through the fabric, when the inner plate, C, with the tongue downward and point bent upward, is placed upon the inner face of the fabrio,rso that the two outer pins at each end of the plate A will come within the rabbets or notches of the plate C, and these four pins are bent downward over the two arms into or upon the fabric, and the central pin bent over these, when the tongue is pressed down over all, and thus the parts are united firmly and-the bentpins prevented from projecting by the tongue or cover D. Thus it will be seen that the fabric is held between two tliin metal plates by -five pins, whose heads are upon the outer plate, and four of which are bent over the metal arms of the inner plate,while the fth pin is bent over and down upon the other four. yBy this means vthe thinnest fabric can be held or united without the least injury.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fastener herein described, consisting of two thin metallic plates, one of which is provided with pins and the other provided with a tongue and rabbets or notches to form arms, around which the pins of the pin-carrying plate are bent, and in which position they are covered and protected by the tongue, substantially in the lmanner as herein set forth and specied.

In testimony that Iclaini the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

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Titnessesz l WVILLIAM lVoLF, J onN MILLER. 

